
Northern Colorado Bears at Colorado Buffaloes
· NCAA Men's BasketballBaskins free throws lift Colorado past Northern Colorado 90-88 in double OT

Colorado scored a third of its points from the free throw line, converting 31 of 41 attempts.
Julian Hammond III hit two free throws with :25 left in regulation to give Colorado a 67-62 lead, but Isaiah Hawthorne scored at the basket and Marcel McCreary snared a long rebound and knocked down a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to tie the game at 67 and force the first overtime. Elijah Malone's free throw with :49 left pulled Colorado even at 76 to push the game to a second extra period.
Luca Colceag knocked down a 3 with 2:42 left in the second overtime to put Northern Colorado in front 84-83 and Hawthorne answered a jumper by the Buffs Javon Ruffin with another 3 to put the Bears in front 87-85. After that, Jaron Rillie's free throw with 1:30 remaining was all the Bears could muster.
Malone was 10 of 12 from the line and finished with 27 points to lead Colorado (2-0). Ruffin and Hammond each added 12 points and Baskin added nine points and nine rebounds.
Hawthorne finished with 19 points to lead Northern Colorado (1-1). Jaron Rillie added 16 points and eight rebounds, Zach Bloch added 14 points and McCreary and Langston Reynolds each contributed 13.
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4th 0:00 | End of Game | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:00 | End of 2nd overtime | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:01 | Luca Colceag Turnover. | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:01 | Luca Colceag Offensive Rebound. | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:03 | Marcell McCreary missed Three Point Jumper. | 88 - 90 |
Statistics
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32-74 | FG | 27-58 |
43.2 | Field Goal % | 46.6 |
13-36 | 3PT | 5-18 |
36.1 | Three Point % | 27.8 |
11-17 | FT | 31-41 |
64.7 | Free Throw % | 75.6 |
35 | Rebounds | 45 |
12 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
23 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
18 | Assists | 9 |
12 | Steals | 12 |
0 | Blocks | 5 |
17 | Turnovers | 21 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
17 | Total Turnovers | 21 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
20 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
12 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
34 | Points in Paint | 40 |
28 | Fouls | 19 |
6 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information

Location: Boulder, CO
Attendance: 6,152 | Capacity:
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Montana | 15-3 | - | 25-10 |
Northern Colorado | 15-3 | - | 25-10 |
Portland State | 11-7 | 4 | 19-13 |
Idaho State | 10-8 | 5 | 15-15 |
Montana State | 9-9 | 6 | 15-18 |
Northern Arizona | 8-10 | 7 | 18-16 |
Idaho | 8-10 | 7 | 14-19 |
Eastern Washington | 6-12 | 9 | 10-22 |
Weber State | 5-13 | 10 | 12-22 |
Sacramento State | 3-15 | 12 | 7-25 |
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Houston | 19-1 | - | 34-4 |
Texas Tech | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
BYU | 14-6 | 5 | 26-10 |
Arizona | 14-6 | 5 | 24-13 |
Iowa State | 13-7 | 6 | 25-10 |
Kansas | 11-9 | 8 | 21-13 |
West Virginia | 10-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
Baylor | 10-10 | 9 | 20-15 |
TCU | 9-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
Kansas State | 9-11 | 10 | 16-17 |
Utah | 8-12 | 11 | 16-17 |
Cincinnati | 7-13 | 12 | 19-16 |
UCF | 7-13 | 12 | 19-16 |
Oklahoma State | 7-13 | 12 | 17-18 |
Arizona State | 4-16 | 15 | 13-20 |
Colorado | 3-17 | 16 | 14-21 |